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Fjords of Sweden (6 P) U. Fjords of the United Kingdom (2 C) This page was last edited on 16 December 2016, at 18:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Fjords generally have a sill or shoal (bedrock) at their mouth caused by the previous glacier's reduced erosion rate and terminal moraine. [8] In many cases this sill causes extreme currents and large saltwater rapids (see skookumchuck). Saltstraumen in Norway is often described as the world's strongest tidal current.
The U.S. military remained in Greenland after the war and, by 1948, Denmark abandoned attempts to persuade the U.S. to leave. The following year, both countries became members of the NATO military alliance. A 1951 treaty gave the US a significant role in Greenland's defense.
Fjords of the United Kingdom (2 C) Fjords of the United States (3 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 3 January 2016, at 21:43 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Fjords of Europe by country (10 C) Pages in category "Fjords of Europe" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Pages in category "Lists of fjords" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. List of fjords in Canada;
Fjords of North America (3 C) O. Fjords of Oceania (1 C) S. Fjords of South America (1 C) This page was last edited on 14 December 2020, at 00:31 (UTC). Text ...
Other low relief landforms that are only associated with fjards, such as mud flats, salt marshes, and flood plains, [1] further characterize the difference between fjords and fjards. "Förden" of the German coast and the fjords of Danish eastern Jutland together form a third type of glacial inlet. They tend to occur along older 'beheaded' river ...